Baseball Opens Season with Split vs. Kenyon
Game 2
Game 2
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
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Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
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Kenyon | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | X | 9 | 10 | 2 |
Game 1
Game 1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
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Kenyon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
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Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | 7 | 0 |
FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Mitchell College baseball team opened the 2013 season with a split against Kenyon College on Friday afternoon at the Gene Cusic Classic, winning the first game 2-1 before falling 9-1 in the second.
Mitchell returns to action on Saturday, March 9 with a nine inning affair against St. Lawrence University at the Gene Cusic Classic. First pitch is slated for 3 p.m.
Game 1 – Mitchell 2, Kenyon 1
The Mariners received a strong pitching performance from freshman Tyler Shamas to start the season off on the right foot. Shamas pitched a complete game and allowed only one run on three hits in 7.0 innings. He struck out two and walked three and gave up only one extra-base hit on the day.
Mitchell scratched across runs in the third and fourth innings to stake Shamas to a 2-0 lead. Junior Marc Dorsi drove in the first run with a sacrifice fly to score freshman Jon Padilla in the third, and freshman Nova Crespo followed with an RBI double in the fourth to plate sophomore Rafael Garcia.
Shamas allowed a run in the fifth when he hit a batter with the bases loaded, but he escaped further damage by getting a fly ball to end the inning. He also faced trouble in the seventh with two runners on and only one out, but the next batter lined into a double play to end the game.
Game 2 – Kenyon 9, Mitchell 1
Kenyon's offense kicked into high gear for the second game, attacking Mitchell pitching for nine runs on 10 hits. The Lords scored runs in each of the first five innings, including a three-run first that put them in front for good.
The Mariners managed only three hits and scored their lone run in the seventh on an RBI single by Padilla. Kenyon starter Tyler Dierke threw 6.2 innings in the victory, striking out nine while allowing only two hits.
Freshman Al Jordan Johnson got the start for Mitchell and gave up six runs on four hits in 2.2 innings of work. Relievers Will Warner and Kevin Carbon finished out the game for the Mariners. Warner gave up three runs on four hits in 1.1 innings while Carbon tossed 2.0 innings of shutout ball.